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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Slow and Simple

This week I've been on holidays, but not my usual holidays. I'm usually one to take leave from work for something special, a family event, an overseas holiday, or a retreat. This week I just hung out at home. I was feeling a little out of sorts because of this - until I watched this interview

In the video, Brooke talks about moving to the slow life - she talks about decluttering - not just the house, but the social schedule, the head, and the busyness. That is what my week of leave has been all about - decluttering my head.

It's amazing what can be achieved when the hectic work, commute, social and other wise full days are slowed right down. So, borrowing a list from 'Think Big, Live Simple' - this is what I've been up to...

Making: My photo album from my holiday to Christmas Island in 2012 - reliving the memories.Cooking: Lots of different dishes with Loofa (Asian Gourde) and Pumpkins. Really like this Asian soup recipeReading: Lots of articles associated with my course on cooperation in the contemporary world - an international relations online course. Enjoying: Sunny days, drinking tea and sitting in the gardenWaiting: for Paris in July to start!Wondering: if I will actually be able to do the 100km bike ride I've sign up for on Sunday? Loving: the little sleep ins you can have when you don't have to go to work.Hoping: I can loose that last 2 kgs before my Dad's 70th birthday and the family reunion that is associated with that...Wearing: my oldest daggiest jeans when Im home in the garden - no bra and no shoes!Following: The Giro d'Italia - this means late nights here in Ozland! Noticing: that the man isn't coping very well with the late nights either! The Giro d'Italia is a bike race that goes for 2 weeks.... it's just a practice run for the Tour de France - which is 3 weeks!Knowing: that the slow life is actually OK, and that my lack of engagement in the outside world this week has been good for me.Thinking: about the curtains we need to get in the lounge room to help manage our passive heating, and how much curtains cost!Giggling: at the dog, who doesn't understand why I'm getting up at midnight. Feeling: a little apprehensive about going back to work, and more apprehensive about tomorrows bike ride!

2 comments:

Cannot tell you HOW much I love this post. It sounds you are doing exactly what you both want and need to do! I don't see Giro here, but the Tour of California is going on ... as of yesterday, Wiggins was leading but you never know -- it wasn't that far off the mark!